Titas Upazila

Titas (Bengali: তিতাস) is an upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.[1]

Titas

তিতাস
Upazila
Titas
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°36′N 90°46′E
Country Bangladesh
DivisionChittagong Division
DistrictComilla District
Area
 • Total125.74 km2 (48.55 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitehttp://titas.comilla.gov.bd

History

Titas was created in 2004. It split with nine Unions from Daudkandi Upazila. The name Titas named after the river Titas. Then minister and local MP Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain proposed the name.

Location

It has Homna Upazila of Comilla District on the north, Daudkandi Upazila on the south, Muradnagar Upazila on the east and Meghna Upazila on the west.

Administration

Titas Upazila is divided into nine union parishads:Balorampur, Jagatpur, Kalakandi, Karikandi, Majidpur, Narayandia, Satani, Vitikandi, Zearkandi. The union parishads are subdivided into 61 mauzas and 138 villages.[2]


Notable residents

See also

References
  1. Uddin, AKM Jasim (2012). "Titas Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. "District Statistics 2011: Comilla" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. "Life sketch of newly appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 2009-12-23. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.


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